Murugan wrote on 2023-02-05, 20:04: Converted this sadly non-working XT to a working 286-16. I just kept the case and PSU,all the rest are spare parts. Very nice monolithic case, love it.

My Adaptec SCSI AHA-1542C (the one with the red jumpers switch) work perfectly on my old 386. Embedded BIOS with fine settings and no driver required. It took me a while to find the right jumper combination, but I can give it if you take this same card. edit : ah oh .... yeah expensive today :p …

Regarding the specs : https://www.digchip.com/datasheets/parts/datasheet/438/SST27SF010-pdf.php If the motherboard have a jumper prog issue somewhere, theorically , you can force the programming mode, by peel the pin32 en plug on external +5.5v. But really I recommend you to get a TL866 and backup …

In the past, SHARP was about the only company to make high quality TFT panels (and which still work like the first day today), and yes it was very expensive. In any case, be very careful with this area. You could easily burn out your laptop's display circuit. Well, it was just a little note to take …

I advice you to stop to try this kind of thing, especially with a PcChips motherboard (the BIOS chip can be easily corrupted). And buy a true eeprom programmer (TL866) and a non OTP eeprom chip (AT29C010A, etc.) to make some bios versions tries. And prog the good version on a OTP chip, like a …

That photo was what happened after getting the controller failure and hitting F1. System tried to boot from the a: drive. I never knew about that clock setting in the bios. There is something called Bus Clock Frequency Select, that was set to 1/4 ACLK. Changing it to 1/6 still gave me the …

Kouwes wrote on 2022-09-23, 05:20: This just keeps scrolling Where this photo come from exactly ? This reminds me of a very old case, where one of the two BIOS chips had a slight problem... and it bugged the machine the same display way. I had to replace the chip #2 with a new eeprom to solve this …

Good idea, curious to see the results too. These plastic staggered CPUs have always fascinated me.

BetaC wrote on 2022-09-20, 23:26: Today I learned that playboy apparently wanted to inform its readers about how cool the 3DFX Voodoo and Rendition Verité were. CDA2071E-578D-452B-A824-F3C76F95C51D.jpeg 1997 was a wild time, and just look at that off-model Duke. Funny 🤣

libby wrote on 2022-09-20, 16:13: been continuing to slowly but surely sort through and organize a large hoard of vintage equipment I bought earlier this year. anyone in my area wanna come lend a hand, hahaha 1.jpg2.jpg3.jpg4.jpg Impressive, very nice. Feel like in a cocoon .. 😀

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What is the reference of the BIOS chip ? Often OTP chip are used - so we cannot reflash it (except the UV erasable model if you've and UV eraser). Maybe it's your issue to flash it ? Else you need tu buy a flashable eeprom (non-OTP), with a true eerprom programmer like a TL866-II. It's supposed to …

SteveC wrote on 2022-09-16, 17:14: Another IBM PC 330, this one a 486 DX/2 66 (I think). Not opened it up yet but it does boot and beep 😀 Oh men... I love so much this geometric IBM design 😀

Today, recovering treasure from the dumpster landfill. It was literally outside in the rain.. For an upcoming " Trash to treasure " project. I will post some pictures of the progression. Oh man, great find. I've been looking for a desktop case for a little while now. I'm jealous. I must admit that …

Continued to struggle getting CF to work with the Tandy TL/2. In researching the issue, a suggested solution was reflashing the BIOS on the XT-IDE card with an 'offset' version. Unfortunately this did not work as every single time it hit byte 16384 it would fail writing. I tried repeatedly using …

Troubleshooting the PPM 1660C board from a Commodore Business Machines 386SX-16. Early Phoenix BIOS, 2 long 3 short beeps. Crystal seems good, think its for the RTC. It must be 'cause I recognize them from cheap digital watches you could win at the local carnival I used the 'dismantle' not long …

Today, recovering treasure from the dumpster landfill. It was literally outside in the rain.. For an upcoming "Trash to treasure" project. I will post some pictures of the progression.

Started working on another Tandy I own, a model TL/2 I bought awhile ago but hadn't tested. Oddly didn't work with my CM-11 monitor for some reason (garbled output), but worked fine with this old Packard Bell CGA monitor I had. I assumed it should be compatible with the CM-11 monitor since I've …